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macOS 12 Monterey Platform Support - EOL
What Starting with FileWave 16.3.0, macOS 12 Monterey is no longer listed as an Expected to work platform for FileWave Clients, FileWave Server, FileWave Central, or FileWave Booster. Customers who still need to manage macOS 12 devices should use the FileWave ...
Upgrading a Single Booster
What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to upgrade Boosters from within FileWave. When/Why Having to use SSH or remote control for every Booster upgrade takes too much time. Starting with FileWave 14.4, the Boosters and...
Upgrading Multiple Boosters
What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to upgrade multiple Boosters from within FileWave. When/Why Having to use SSH or remote control for every Booster upgrade takes too much time. Starting with FileWave 14.4, the Boo...
Reporting / Monitoring Booster Upgrade Process
What The Booster upgrade feature gives FileWave administrators a centralized way to schedule and monitor Booster upgrades from within FileWave. When/Why Having to use SSH or remote control for every Booster upgrade takes too much time. Starting with FileWave 1...
Apple Profile: Apple Intelligence
What Apple has introduced new controls that allow Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions to manage and restrict the use of Apple Intelligence features on managed devices. Starting with FileWave 15.5.0, administrators can configure these settings within the R...
Apple Device Management - DDM Assets
What DDM Assets let you define reusable values for Apple Declarative Device Management configurations. Use them for shared settings such as credentials, server details, certificates, or other data that more than one DDM configuration needs. Instead of copying ...
OS Software Updates - Automation Rules
What OS update management often means tracking frequent Apple and Microsoft updates, creating Filesets, and assigning them to the right groups. FileWave 16.2.0 introduced Automation Rules to generate update Filesets from updates reported by managed devices. Fi...
OS Software Updates - Obsolete Filesets Cleanup
What In FileWave you can patch your Apple and Windows devices very easily but over time you will accumulate many Filesets related to OS patching. This feature that was added to FileWave 16.2.0 will allow you to perform a quick and easy cleanup. When/Why While...
Best Practice Guide: Software Update Deployment (16.0+)
What With FileWave Version 16+, the system for patching devices with Operating system updates has been overhauled, and your current workflows likely should be as well. This article will review how you can best cleanup, reorganize, and overall simplify your pa...
Android Apps
What Android Filesets can be created from public or private Google Play apps. Web apps can also be added when you need to publish a managed web shortcut. A Play Store App Fileset has Configuration, Permissions, and Managed Properties controls. Managed Properti...
Android EMM Policies and Permissions
Android EMM (Enterprise Mobile Management) allows you to create permissions and send policies. Permissions Types Permission settings may be configured on multiple levels. They are applied in this priority (low number wins). Application specific permission gran...
Android Policy Planning
What Android EMM Policies can contain several configuration types, and multiple Policies can be assigned to one device. Good policy design keeps each Policy’s intent, enrollment scope, and removal impact clear. The core rule is simple: separate settings by pur...
Android EMM Default Policy and Compliance Scope
What The Android Default Policy defines global baseline settings for managed Android EMM applications and devices. Use scoped Android Policy Filesets for settings that depend on enrollment type, device role, or a specific application. The practical split is: A...
Inventory Reports
Your information. Your way. Inventory Reports help you choose exactly which device data to return, then save that view for refresh planning, Smart Groups, troubleshooting, or scheduled email delivery. Quick answer: In current FileWave versions, this feature is...
Upgrading FileWave Clients
What FileWave 16.4 provides an integrated upgrade workflow for supported macOS and Windows FileWave Clients that are already running FileWave Client 16.3.0 or later. The Client Upgrades view is not a complete fleet-version report. Clients running versions earl...
Working with FileWave Clients
Once the various devices have the FileWave Client installed, and they are enrolled with your FileWave Server, there are several options for configuring and working with these clients. This section will cover some of the common configurations and additional set...
FileWave Server Upgrades
Hosted server upgrades are coordinated through FileWave communication with hosted customers. If your server is hosted by FileWave, start with Your Hosted FileWave Server Has Been Upgraded - What Are Your Next Steps?. For on-premise servers, use Upgrading your ...
Upgrading your On-Premise FileWave Server
What Use this guide to upgrade an on-premises FileWave Server and then update or verify the administrator tools, Boosters, Imaging Virtual Servers, clients, Kiosk, and enrollment packages that remain under your control. If your FileWave server is hosted by Fil...